pleasing death of,

prefers the Psalms to Pindar and Horace,

Adolphus, Gustavus, spent much time in prayer,
Adrian, address of, to his soul at death,

Africa, inhabitants of,

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Aikins's favourable account of the Methodists,

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Alexander, Dr. Disney, conversion of,

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Alfred, King, great diligence and devotion of,
Allix, reflections of, on Scripture, recommended,
Alphonsus, King, read the bible fourteen times over,

Altamont, affecting death of,

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America, example of, on religious liberty,

inhabitants of,

Anatomy, sketch of,

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Animals, amphibious, species of,

Anonymous, author, quotations from,

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gentleman, affecting death of,

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_gentleman, wickedness, conversion, and death of,

deist, conversion of,

Antitheus, unhappy death of,

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Antiphanes, an ancient author, on a future state,

Apostacy, antichristian,

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Archdeacons, number of,

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Arguments, four main, for the truth of scripture,

196

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277

332

333

182, 183

280

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Atheist,

Atheist, shocking death of an,
Augustine, for a devout spirit, noted,
Aukland, Lord, quotation from a speech of,
Authors, ascetic, devout but superstitious,

royal and noble, since the conquest,
Aylmer, Bishop, on the character of women,

B.

Babylon, prophecies concerning, conclusive,
Bacon, Lord, thought of, on deism,

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some account of,

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declaration of, on the gospel,

107, 108

86

Ibid.

243

Bankrupts, seldom afterwards pay their credit,
Baptism, office of, an hardship on the clergy,
Barnes, Joshua, read his small bible 120 times over,

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*on the French clergy,

228

Bath, Earl of, devoted his leisure to prayer and the bible,

248

Beauties, of scripture, where found,

262

Beattie, Dr. on the causes of infidelity,

303

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a fine quotation from,

Beings, human, number of,

Belisarius, began the 1260 years of scripture,

Belgium, unhappy condition of,

Bernard, St. hymn of, on the name Jesus,
Beza, intimately acquainted with the bible,

Bible, shall be coexistent with time,

confirmed by all other books and discoveries,

account of one who burnt, and another who roasted it, 281

a chief means of the present learning and liberty,

should be read in classical schools for its beauties,

books of, how classed as compositions,

Bingham, on the ancient Christians love to the bible,

Birmingham, some account of,

Bishops, conduct of, a main cause of infidelity,

75

income of,

1

and clergy of Europe, a main cause of its misery,

83

should preach boldly and faithfully,

conduct of, one main cause of the increase of Sectarists,

87

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English, names of, very pompous,
Blackstone, Judge, on the constitution of England,
Blackmore, Sir Richard, opinion of, on the bible,
Boerhave, Dr. eminent for devotion,
Boileau, M. a great admirer of the bible,

Bolingbroke, Lord, speaks favourably of the gospel,

egregiously mistaken,

an immoral man,

died a deist,

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Bonnet of Geneva, on the facts of the New Testament,
Bonnet, James, Esq. made the scriptures his daily study,

Books, in favour of the Jewish and Christian religions, 105, 106

to promote the spirit of religion, recommended,

number of, published in Germany,

291

322

Bounty, Queen Ann's,

76

Boyle, Hon. Robert, entertained an awful sense of God,

on the unreasonableness of deists,

Brandt, Count, conversion of, from infidelity,

Brown, Sir Thomas, a firm believer,

Thomas, lived laughing, but died groaning,

Rev. John, on the prophecies,

Bruno, burnt for an atheist,

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Bryant, Jacob, Esq. quotation from,

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treatise of, on the Christian religion,

observations of, on the plagues of Egypt,

Ibid.

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236

155, 156

Bucer, wished for farther reformation,

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146

Buck-

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Buckingham, Duke of, reproved by Waller,

pathetic letter from,

Burnet, Bishop, obtained the bounty from Queen Ann,

252, 253

47,49

76

great diligence of,

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90,91

opinion of, concerning the clergy,

attempted a reformation,

147

considers subscription as an imposition,

153

travels of,

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168

Canons, oath of obedience to the, extremely wrong,

154

not a bishop in England complies with the whole,

162

Capel, Lord, eminent for devotion,

2

Carrier, and his accomplices, murdered 40,000 persons,
Carthage, some account of the destruction of,

Chatham, Lord, considered our liturgy as popish,

China, empire of, said to contain 333 millions of souls,

Chillingworth, solemn declaration of, on the bible,

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Christianity, said not to admit of establishment,

70

mysterious doctrines of, no just objection to it, 197,

198

Christians, corruption of, much owing to the clergy,

79

knavery of, no valid objection to Christianity, 99, 100,

197

animosities of, causes of infidelity,
number of, in the world,

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97,98

277

Church, of Christ, supposed incapable of a temporal head,

149

of England, income of,

defects of the, pointed out by Burnet,

112

preferments of the, by money or interest, 158.

objections to,

Church-livings, monopoly of, a curse to the country,

Clarke, Dr. book of, on Christianity, recommended,

an eighteenth part of the, enjoy all the best preferments,

78,238

superior, extremely to blame,

79, 239, 240

the 18,000, might do wonders,

330

negligence of the, main cause of the increase of sects, 91

Clergy and people of Ireland, in a low state,
Clergy, late, of France, well learned,

of France, horribly cruel under Lewis XIV.

Clowes, Rev. Mr. sermon of, recommended,
Cobold's Essay on the historic form of Scripture,
Cocket, M. cruel death of,

Colchester, Sir Duncomb, conversion of,
Collins, the poet, choice companion of,
Comets, number of, discovered,

Conscience, power of,